9-letter words containing p, a, c
- auriscope — a medical instrument for examining the external ear
- auriscopy — (medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
- auspicate — to begin or inaugurate with a ceremony intended to bring good fortune
- auspicial — of or relating to auspices: auspicial rites.
- auspicing — (AU) administration of a grant by one group on behalf of another.
- autoscope — An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
- autoscopy — the experience of hallucination in which one sees oneself from outside one's own body
- avoparcin — an antibiotic, now banned in the EU, formerly used to treat farm animals
- b special — a member of a part-time largely Protestant police force formerly functioning in Northern Ireland
- back copy — A back copy of a magazine or newspaper is the same as a back issue.
- back pain — pain that is felt in the back
- back pass — a deliberate pass backwards to the goalkeeper
- backdrops — Plural form of backdrop.
- backer-up — a supporter; backer; second.
- backflips — Plural form of backflip.
- backpacks — Plural form of backpack.
- backpedal — to press backward on the pedals of a bicycle, as to brake
- backpiece — a tattoo on the back
- backplane — A board to which the main circuit boards of a computer may be connected and that provides connections between them.
- backplate — a plate of armour which guards the back
- backprint — The mark or impression left by a person's back having been pressed against a surface.
- backspace — to move a (typewriter carriage) backwards
- backspeir — to cross-examine, interrogate
- backstamp — a mark stamped on the back of an envelope by a post office to indicate the date and place of its arrival
- backstops — Plural form of backstop.
- backstrap — A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
- backswept — slanting backwards
- bad place — Midland and Southern U.S. hell.
- baptistic — Of or for baptism; baptismal.
- bar clamp — a clamp having two jaws attached to a bar, one fixed and the other adjustable by means of a screw mechanism.
- baroscope — any instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure, esp a manometer with one side open to the atmosphere
- base camp — an encampment that serves as a staging area for a larger activity, for example in mountaineering
- bath chap — the lower part of the cheek of a pig, cooked and eaten, usually cold
- beach pea — either of two plants of the legume family, Lathyrus japonicus, of seashores of the North Temperate Zone, or L. littoralis, of the temperate western coast of North America, both having oblong leaves and clusters of pealike flowers.
- bed place — a space housing a bed or bedding, especially one having the form of a cupboard closed with doors or curtains.
- bepatched — mended with or covered in patches
- betatopic — (of atoms) differing in proton number by one, theoretically as a result of emission of a beta particle
- bicipital — having two heads
- bicompact — compact1 (def 7).
- biopiracy — the use of wild plants by international companies to develop medicines, without recompensing the countries from which they are taken
- black cap — any of several birds having the top of the head black, as the chickadee and certain warblers, especially the Old World blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla.
- black pad — a rough road or track
- black pit — a disease of lemons, characterized by dark brown, sunken spots on the skin of the fruit, caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas syringae.
- blackdamp — air that is low in oxygen content and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine
- blackpoll — a North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black-and-white head
- blackpool — a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft) high, and its illuminations. Pop: 142 283 (2001)
- boot camp — In the United States, a boot camp is a camp where people who have just joined the army, navy, or marines are trained.
- bop stack — A BOP stack is one of two or more units which control well pressure, and contain the wellhead and blowout preventers.
- brat pack — A brat pack is a group of young people, especially actors or writers, who are popular or successful at the moment.
- c & b — caught and bowled (by)